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Explanation:Although "assets" or "interests" may be used, I believe the meaning is closer to "legally-protected rights", i.e., rights guaranteed all citizens, often in the context of a criminal code or related legislation.

Here is a definition from the "Diccionario Jurídico Aranzadi", Thompson-Aranzadi, 2004:

It is translated in the Cabanellas-Hoague bilingual legal dictionary as "legally protected interest" and in Alcaraz-Hughes as "a protected legal right; right upheld by law or enshrined in the constitution"

At any rate, I believe it is essential to understand that in this specific meaning of "bien", "bien jurídico protegido" does not refer to tangible "assets", but rather to a legally-protected right or interest.

These examples taken from Tomás Vives Antón, et.al., "Derecho Penal, Parte Especial", Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2004, demonstrate that "bien jurídico protegido" does not necessarily refer to a tangible asset, but rather to an intangible right
or interest:

Wow! Lot of excellent, well-thought out explanations. If only more attorneys could be so cogent in their closing arguments. The plethora of respected references given by Rebecca is what made me decide on her answer; in addition, I believe Paul's answer is very appropriate in this case, too. Thank you, Henry, Paul, Rebecca and Margarita. - Mike :)4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

As an example, Mike, in Mexican law they often speak of "bienes jurídicos tutelados por la ley". One of these would be "la salud pública" in drug cases (known as "delitos contra la salud"). Since there is no direct victim (in the US we call them "victimless crimes"), then society is the victim, as expressed by one of these "legal assets" that has been damaged by a crime.

And of course "protected legal asset(s)" is the translation I use for it. I am not aware that there may be any direct equivalent of this idea used in US law, although indirectly the generic concept of "public interest" would express it.

Explanation:Protected interests refer to the explicit items the law is intended to protect. The book below discusses them in English. In the case of your executive order, it is intended to protect the public interest, the interest of Honduran society ....

Explanation:Although "assets" or "interests" may be used, I believe the meaning is closer to "legally-protected rights", i.e., rights guaranteed all citizens, often in the context of a criminal code or related legislation.

Here is a definition from the "Diccionario Jurídico Aranzadi", Thompson-Aranzadi, 2004:

It is translated in the Cabanellas-Hoague bilingual legal dictionary as "legally protected interest" and in Alcaraz-Hughes as "a protected legal right; right upheld by law or enshrined in the constitution"

At any rate, I believe it is essential to understand that in this specific meaning of "bien", "bien jurídico protegido" does not refer to tangible "assets", but rather to a legally-protected right or interest.

These examples taken from Tomás Vives Antón, et.al., "Derecho Penal, Parte Especial", Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2004, demonstrate that "bien jurídico protegido" does not necessarily refer to a tangible asset, but rather to an intangible right
or interest:

Wow! Lot of excellent, well-thought out explanations. If only more attorneys could be so cogent in their closing arguments. The plethora of respected references given by Rebecca is what made me decide on her answer; in addition, I believe Paul's answer is very appropriate in this case, too. Thank you, Henry, Paul, Rebecca and Margarita. - Mike :)

Explanation:[PDF]
Continental Counterparts to the Anglo-American Concept of the Harm ...
wanting of a protected legal good. If the law constituted, rather than merely. (legally) acknowledged, legal goods, the concept of Rechtsgut would be ...www.springerlink.com/index/q57l88729576185m.pdf

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The System of Criminal Wrongs: The Concept of Legal Goods and ...
exclusively on the protected legal good is fundamental. See Friedrich Schaffstein, ..... Starting from the protected legal good, this point of view ...
wings.buffalo.edu/law/bclc/bclrarticles/7/2/schuenemann.pdf -

Abortion law
The value of the constitutionally protected legal good of human life - including life evolving in the pre-natal stage - cannot be differentiated. ...www.federa.org.pl/english/constrib.htm - 5